Forum Discussion
Indirect relative to the referenced cell
- Oct 20, 2019
Immortalis It is a volatile function so it might slow down your worksheet if you have 10,000 of these, but how about =INDIRECT(OFFSET(A1,3,4,1,1)) in cell A1?
The Offset function is moving from the current cell (A1), down 3 rows, over 4 columns, and choosing a range that is one row by one column tall. If E4 contains the test J1, then this formula will return the value from J1.
Immortalis It is a volatile function so it might slow down your worksheet if you have 10,000 of these, but how about =INDIRECT(OFFSET(A1,3,4,1,1)) in cell A1?
The Offset function is moving from the current cell (A1), down 3 rows, over 4 columns, and choosing a range that is one row by one column tall. If E4 contains the test J1, then this formula will return the value from J1.
- ImmortalisOct 20, 2019Brass Contributor
Bill Jelen Thank you for your response. Yes, because of it's volatility I didn't want to use the OFFSET function but since there have been no solutions, it seems I have no choice.
It's a little disappointing but after the time I spent trying to solve it with no luck, I'm actually not surprised it can't be done the way I'd like.
No worries. Thank you very much! 🙂